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See what’s changing in super on 
1 July 2025

There are some important changes to super that come into effect from 1 July 2025. Here’s a summary.

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1 July 2025

    The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) is going up

    The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) is the minimum amount an employer must pay to an eligible employee’s superannuation account, based on a percentage of their salary. 

    From 1 July 2025, the SG will increase from 11.5% to 12%. This is the last legislated increase to the SG rate.  

    If you’re an employer or high-income earner: the maximum super contribution base (MSCB) is decreasing. 

    The MSCB is the maximum income for which an employer must make SG contributions each quarter. The government sets this limit each year.

    For the 2025–26 financial year, the MSCB limit will be $62,500 per quarter, a decrease from $65,070 per quarter in 2024–25. This means from 1 July 2025, employers won’t have to make SG contributions on an employee’s earnings above this limit.

    If you’re an employer and need more information on how to best manage your super obligations, please visit our employer page. If you’re a member and need more information about managing your contributions, our superannuation advisers can help.

    Super on government-funded paid parental leave

    Expecting a new baby? If you’re an eligible parent with a baby born or adopted after 1 July 2025 and receiving government-funded paid parental leave, you’ll receive an additional contribution based on the SG (12% of your parental leave pay) to your super fund.

    The ATO will pay this super contribution as a lump sum, including interest, after the financial year in which the parental leave pay was received. The ATO will start making payments from 1 July 2026. 

    The government co-contribution income thresholds are changing

    The government co-contribution scheme is designed to help low-to-middle income earners save for their retirement. If you make a voluntary (after-tax) contribution to your super account, you may qualify for a government payment that boosts your super.

    The maximum super co-contribution you could receive depends on your income. If your income is $47,488 or less for the 2025-26 financial year, you could receive up to $500 into your super. For every dollar above this threshold, your entitlement decreases, before stopping completely for anyone who earns $62,488 or more.

    Not sure if you’re eligible? Contact us or try the ATO’s super co-contribution calculator.

    The transfer balance cap and total superannuation balance threshold are increasing

    The transfer balance cap is a lifetime limit on the amount of super you can transfer into retirement income streams, like our Hostplus Pension account. From 1 July 2025, the transfer balance cap will increase from $1.9 million to $2 million. Personal transfer balance caps may vary from this amount. Check yours in your myGov account.

    The total superannuation balance threshold impacts eligibility for making after-tax (or non-concessional) contributions and spouse contributions, as well as receiving government co-contributions. The threshold will increase on 1 July 2025, in line with the transfer balance cap, from $1.9 million to $2 million.

    Contribution caps are staying the same

    Annual contribution limits, known as caps, apply to the super contributions made to your super fund(s) each financial year.

    If you contribute more than the cap, you may have to pay extra tax.

    Important: if you have more than one super account, contributions made to ALL your accounts during a financial year are added together and counted towards your caps. 

    The amount of concessional (before-tax) contributions you can make to your super each year will remain at $30,000.

    Concessional (before-tax) contributions are those paid to your super fund from your pre-tax salary (like salary sacrifice or contributions on which you've claimed a tax deduction) and include Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions made by your employer(s).

    If you'd like to take advantage of the ‘carry-forward’ rule, 30 June 2025 is your last chance to carry forward any unused portion of the 2019–20 financial year concessional contributions cap (which was $25,000).  

    The amount of non-concessional (after-tax) contributions you can make to your super each year will remain at $120,000

    Non-concessional (after-tax) contributions are those paid to your super fund from your after-tax salary or other money.

    There's also no change to the ‘bring-forward’ rule, which will remain at $360,000 depending on your super balance.

    Visit our voluntary contributions page for more information about contribution types, limits and the bring-forward rule. You can also read our 2-minute article about how making voluntary contributions could help you save on tax.

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